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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012
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A N A C T
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RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES
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Introduced By: Representative Stephen R. Ucci
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Date Introduced: March 27, 2012
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Referred To: House Judiciary
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It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
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SECTION 1. Sections 31-33-1, 31-33-2 and 31-33-3 of the General Laws in Chapter 31-
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33 entitled "Safety Responsibility Violations - General Provisions" are hereby repealed.
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31-33-1. Accident reports. -- The operator of every motor vehicle which is in any
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manner involved in an accident within this state, in which any person is killed or injured, or in
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which damage to the property of any one person, including the operator, in excess of five hundred
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dollars ($500) is sustained, shall, within twenty-one (21) days after the accident, report the matter
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in writing to the division of motor vehicles. The report, the form of which shall be prescribed by
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the division of motor vehicles, shall contain information to enable the division of motor vehicles
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to determine whether the requirements for the deposit of security under chapters 31 and 32 of this
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title are inapplicable by reason of the existence of insurance or other exceptions specified in the
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chapters, and the administrator of the division of motor vehicles may regard the information
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given as true, until the contrary reasonably appears. If that operator is physically incapable of
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making the report, the owner of the motor vehicle involved in the accident shall, within twenty-
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one (21) days after learning of the accident, make the report. The operator or the owner shall
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furnish any additional relevant information that the division of motor vehicles shall require.
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31-33-2. Failure to file accident report. -- Failure to report an accident as required in
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section 31-33-1 shall be punished by a fine as provided for in section 31-41.1-4, and the division
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of motor vehicles shall suspend the license of the person failing to make report, or the
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nonresident's operating privilege of the person, until a report has been filed and for any further
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period not to exceed thirty (30) days that the division of motor vehicles may fix.
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31-33-3. Falsification of reports or proof of responsibility. -- Any person who gives
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information required in a report or otherwise as provided for in section 31-33-1, knowing or
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having reason to believe that the information is false, or who shall forge or, without authority,
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sign any evidence of proof of financial responsibility for the future as required by chapter 32 of
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this title or who files or offers for filing any evidence of proof knowing or having reason to
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believe that it is forged or signed without authority, shall be fined not more than one thousand
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dollars ($1,000) or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.
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SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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EXPLANATION
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BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
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RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES
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This act would repeal provisions providing for the filing of motor vehicle accident
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reports, and would also repeal provisions providing penalties for failing to file accident reports
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and for falsification of reports or proof of financial responsibility.
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This act would take effect upon passage.
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